Mental Flosshttp://mentalfloss.com/node/56156/atom.xml2015-03-04T00:11:22+00:00http://mentalfloss.com/article/56156/wonderful-nicknames-natives-40-us-cities2014-04-10T20:00:00+00:002014-04-11T02:34:35+00:00Wonderful Nicknames for Natives of 40 U.S. CitiesErin

Sometimes, naming the residents of a place is as easy as adding adding -ite, -ian, or -er to their city's name. Occasionally, though, it's not that simple: What locals call themselves can be weird, delightful, or hard to pronounce, and, sometimes, even just adding an -ian has unintended consequences. But whatever category the nicknames fall into, Paul Dickson has catalogued them in his Labels for Locals: What to Call People from Abilene to Zimbabwe. Here are some of our favorites.